The Cartier Libre collection plays on the Maison's signature watch shapes by stretching, shrinking and transforming them with creative license. The signature design codes of the Baignoire and Crash are present, if only recognizable to the discerning eye of the connoisseur. Meanwhile, the proportions are disrupted, volumes accentuated and lines lengthened into five new limited edition and individually numbered jewellery watches: Baignoire Débordante, Baignoire Infinie, Baignoire Etoilée, Baignoire Interdite and Crash Radieuse.

Baignoire DébordanteMaster the solid as much as the hollow to craft an artful architecture. Pierce with openwork a ring of open petals around a watch and sprinkle generously with precious and fine stones. Fear not the scale of the volumes, nor the sparkle of the gems. Do not hold back; simply savour and celebrate the passing of the hours.

Baignoire InfinieTake the Baignoire Allongée watch and discard all but the curves. Stretch out the case, zoom in on the centre and invite the gaze into the hour circle. Dice with disequilibrium, and yield to the dizzying, shimmering sight of a dial paved with baguette cut diamonds, white mother-of-pearl, Tahitian mother-of-pearl, and black spinels. The gems produce a sparkling spectacle played out over three crowns, a ring of diamonds encircling the absolute of a minuscule black dial. Shaped jewellery that haunts the proportions of an extrovert.

Baignoire Etoilée A crystalline cascade of glittering diamonds and black spinels. Suspended, the light undulates across the skin. Black melts into white as contrasting colours cast illusions around a minuscule dial set with a double row of stones.

Baignoire InterditeTurn the oval dial of the Baignoire watch crosswise on the wrist. The gaze flickers between the top, where oversize Roman numerals wrap the case in strips coated in glossy black ADLC, and the bottom, where the diamond ringed dial alternately emerges and hides. The incontrovertible elegance of a classic aesthetic in love with freedom.

Crash RadieuseCrash the Crash watch. Take it to the next level. Crumple the crushed dial with gadroons, stretch the outsize Roman numerals to the point of hallucination, and carve the shockwave right in the centre of the dial.

Feminine and beyond categorisation, the Crash watch appears in a version even more extreme than itself. The original accident is revealed as a feat of artistic value, elegance and affirmation.